Washing-machine



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T. OLIVER.

' WASHING MACHINE.

Patented Oct. 4, 1887.l

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS OLIVER, OF DYERSVILLE, IOWA.

WASHING- MACHINE.

SPBCIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370.812, dated October 4, 1887.

Applicationied'nprn21,1891. serial meesten. (No monti.)

' To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

and itk consists in a certain novel construction and arrangement of parts for service, fullyset forth hereinafter and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure I is a perspective View, with the parts in the operative position. Fig. 2 is a central section of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view with the mechanism raised and the lid thrown back. Fig. 4 is a reversed plan of the disks. Fig. 5 is a detail view to show operation of the cam-lever catch. Fig. 6 is a detail section to show the manner of securing the rims or flanges to the disks, line .r m, Fig. 4.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A des ignates the tub to which the washer is attached, and B the lid thereof hinged at one side to the said tub, and having an upwardly and rearwardly proj ect-ing stop, C, to hold the said lid in `an elevated position when raised, as'shown in Fig. 3.

D represents a plate secured to the upper side of the center of the lid, having a vertical opening, d, therein to align with an opening, d, in the lid, and E E are flanges around the said opening d, respectively above and below the plate, the lower flange extending downwardly through the opening d',

f represents a horizontally-projecting earl from the side of the upper. flange, and between the said ear and the plate D thereunder is pivoted a cam-lever, F, having a handle, F.

G is a vertical shaft or bar adapted to operate in the guides or flanges E, and on the upper end thereof are the horizontal aligned bearings H H', adapted to have the shaft I journaled therein. On opposite ends of the said shaft I are rigidly secured the lateral arms K K, to the outer ends of which are pivoted the upper ends of the rods L, four in number, which pass down through slots Z Z in the lid of the tub and are secured at the lower ends to the semicircular disks M, two in number, the two rods L on the same side of the rock-shaft I being secured-to the same disk.

The handle N is secured in a suit-able vertical sleeve or standard, N', and it will be seen that when the said handle is oscillated laterally the shaft I will be rocked and the rods L will consequently be reciprocated vertically, thus causing the disks M to be correspondingly operated, and to prevent the adjacent edges of the said disks from striking and interfering with each other the bar G is extended down slightly below the extreme of motion of the said disks, thus providing a guide therefor.

The disks M are each provided with a series of vertical openings or perforations, O, and around each of the said perforations on the under side of the disks is secured a collar or ange or rim, P, considerably larger than the said perforation, and secured in place by the pins p, which are rigidly secured to the flanges and passed through the said disks and bent laterally on the upper side thereof.

It will be readily seen from the above description that my invention belongs to that class of ymachines known as poundersr7 or beati-ars,77 and the effectiveness ofthe same will be readily understood.

When it is desired to open the tub, the entire mechanism movable by the bar G is raised, (thus bringing the disks up to the under side of the lid,) and secured in that position by turning the cam-lever F, so that it will bind against the said barf The lid may now be raised without danger of disks interfering with the said operation; also, when there is only a small quantity of clothes in the tub, the shaft G may be allowed to pass entirely down and be clamped in that position, and if there is a larger quantity the said shaft may be raised more or less to accommodate the said quantity, thus allowing any desired vertical adjustment of the mechanism to suit the quantity of clothes in the tub. It is also evident that the vertical stroke of the disks is the same in any position of the bar G until it is drawn up so high as to cause the lid of t-he tub to interfere.

The mechanism is further very powerful and easily operated, and the means employed are very simple and effective. Further, the

mechanism may be applied to any tub, the

Having now described my invention, I Claiml. In :i washingmaehine, the bar G, roekshnft I, mounted in a bearing in the upper end thereof, arms K, secured thereto, rods L, and the disks M, the said bar G being vertically adjustable to any desired height to suit the amount of clothing in the tub, substantially as described.Y

2. In n Washing-machine, the combination of the tub A, having the lid B, provided with central opening, d', plate D, having the guide-nnges E E', bar G, to operate in the seid flanges, rock-shaft I, journaled in the upper end thereof, handle N, secured thereto, lateral arms K, vertical rods L, secured to ends thereof, disks M on lower ends of said rods, and the lever F, having the cani thereon to operate against the said vertical bar G and bind it in the desired position, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto nixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS OLIVER.

Vitnesses:

CALEB C. CHESTERMAN, AUGUST MUCKE. 

